WELCOME Asian Carp Management and Control in the Ohio River and Upper Mississippi River Basins

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1 WELCOME Asian Carp Management and Control in the Ohio River and Upper Mississippi River Basins Thank you sponsors! Representative Mike Kelly (PA-3 rd ) Representative Ron Kind (WI-3 rd )

2 Collaborative Management of Asian Carp in the Ohio River and Upper Mississippi River Basins Aaron Woldt U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Deputy ARD Fisheries, Midwest Region

3 Asian Carp Collaborative 3 Management National Approach The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and our State and Federal partners carry out strategic detection, prevention, and control actions to address the threat of Asian carp in the United States in support of the national Management and Control Plan for Bighead, Black, Grass, and Silver Carps in the United States (National Plan) National Plan developed in 2007 with over 70 state, federal, industry, academic, and non-governmental partners Established 7 common goals and objectives and supporting Strategies and Recommendations

4 Asian Carp Collaborative 4 Management The National Plan has been the foundation of geographically focused, sub-basin Asian carp strategies including: Ohio River Basin Asian Carp Control Strategy Framework Upper Mississippi River Basin Asian Carp Control Strategy Framework ACRCC Great Lakes Asian Carp Action Plan/Monitoring and Response Plan In development: Lower Mississippi River Missouri River

5 Asian Carp Collaborative 5 Management WRRDA and Asian Carp Prevention (PL , June 2014) Direction from Congress to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Asian carp prevention in Upper Mississippi and Ohio River basins Submit annual report to Congress on AC prevention and expenditures in UMR/OR basins Lead a collaborative multiagency effort to slow the spread of Asian carp in UMR/OR basins

6 Asian Carp Collaborative 6 Management WRRDA Report to Congress: I. Observed changes in the range of Asian carp; II. III. IV. Summary of Federal agency and non-federal partners efforts to control the spread of Asian carp; Research that could improve the ability to control the spread of Asian carp; Quantitative measures proposed for use to document progress in controlling the spread of Asian carp; and V. Cross-cut accounting of Federal and non-federal expenditures to control the spread of Asian carp.

7 Asian Carp Collaborative 7 Management 2016 Actions: Continued coordinated implementation of high-priority recommendations of ORB and UMRB Asian carp sub-basin management strategies (MICRA, State/fed agencies, others) Includes Monitoring and Early Detection, Containment / Deterrents, Control and Removal, and Stakeholder Outreach Federal/State investment of $3.8 M on Asian carp management in the ORB and UMRB (excludes the CAWS and Great Lakes) Enhanced collaboration and leveraging between UMRB/ORB and Great Lakes Asian carp partnerships (e.g. new Asian carp deterrents or controls developed through the ACRCC Action Plan for potential use in other subbasins)

8 Asian Carp Collaborative 8 Management 2016 Actions: New information on Asian carp distribution: Silver carp new upstream occurrence in the Ohio River Bighead Carp and Grass Carp new upstream occurrences in the Minnesota River Black Carp no new range expansion

9 Asian Carp Collaborative 9 Management 2016 Actions: In FY16, USFWS provided $1.0M for high-priority Asian carp management project ($500K UMRB; and $500K ORB) In FY17, USFWS will provide $1.2 M for high-priority Asian carp management project projects ($600 K UMRB; and $600 K ORB)

10 Upper Mississippi River Overview Nick Frohnauer Upper Mississippi Invasive Carp Representative Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

11 11 UMR Fast Facts Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri 29 Lock and Dams (mainstem) 5 National Refuges (mainstem) 1 National River and Recreation Area (Park Service) Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center Three main projects: Monitoring and Assessment Deterrence Commercial Fishing

12 UMR Monitoring and 12 Assessment Comprehensive monitoring Minnesota, Iowa (Iowa State University), Illinois (Western Illinois University), Missouri USFWS, USGS All life stages Throughout basin Mississippi River Mainstem Minnesota and St. Croix Rivers Des Moines, Skunk, Iowa, Rock, and Wapsipinicon

13 UMR Carp Distribution 13

14 UMR Bighead and Silver Carp Distribution 14

15 UMR Grass and Black Carp 15 Distribution

16 16 UMR Containment UMR deterrent strategy Where to focus What technology(s) to use Information needs Implementation steps Final report In approval process

17 17 UMR Containment Acoustic technology Workshop May 2016 (75 participants) Lock and Dam 8 Evaluation: University of Minnesota Twin Cities Mesocosm & Field Trials: University of Minnesota Duluth, USGS Identified field trials as next step Credit: University of Minnesota Twin Cities Credit: USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center

18 18 UMR Commercial Fishing Credit: MN DNR Reduce population above Lock and Dam 19 Impact reproduction Slow upstream expansion Aid monitoring Detection in low density areas Recapture Fish / Population size Fish for telemetry

19 19 UMR Commercial Fishing Commercial fishing - Started Fall 2015 Start up a time and learning curve Mississippi River Pools 16 through19 68,675 lbs removed in 2017 Will be used in combination with deterrents Credit: Southern Illinois University

20 Monitoring, Control/Removal, Telemetry, and Commercial Harvest in the Ohio River Ron Brooks Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Director, Fisheries Division MICRA Chairman

21 Ohio River Basin Asian Carp 21 Effort (600 River Miles) Monitoring Fish Communities Telemetry Control/Removal Larvae Occurrence Tennessee River Basin Telemetry Barrier Research Kentucky, Tennessee, USFWS funded Research

22 Monitoring, Control (Removal) Most Effort in Leading Edge Pools Monitoring (McAlpine RC Byrd) : 60 fish species documented Electrofishing: Gillnetting: 223 transects 42,000 ft of gill netting effort 34 silver carp; 8 grass carp 32 silver carp; 2 bighead carp; 5 grass carp Control (Removal): All 6 Pools) 2017 effort included highest-density, lower pools (Cannelton & JT Meyers) 20,000+ pounds of Asian carp removed in 2016; More than 2,500 fish removed since 2013

23 Monitoring, Juvenile/Early Life All Pools (JT Myers - Meldahl) Spawning Patches Cincinnati Louisville Y-O-Y Y-O-Y Y-O-Y

24 24 Telemetry 142 Receivers; 500 miles 418 Asian carp with transmitters 56 in mainstem 36 at 7 Locks & Dams 54 in 27 tribs; 23 identify direction

25 Barrier Research Kentucky, Barkley, McAlpine Dams 25 Criteria for Research Location Dense populations of AC Lock and Dam Structure Telemetry Infrastructure Research Staff Cooperating Agencies Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Geological Survey Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources

26 Kentucky and Barkley Lakes Commercial Harvest of Asian Carp 26 3 Asian carp Processors Harvest not meeting market demands

27 Asian Carp Harvest Public-Private Partnerships Andre Raghu Moon River Foods and Blue Shores Fishery President and CEO

28 How Government Can Support the Asian Carp Industry Consistent supply of raw materials is the key business challenge facing U.S. Asian carp manufacturers Public-Private Partnerships (P3 s) will create faster road to business solvency for all facing U.S. Asian carp manufacturers P3 s will address many of the nonfinancing pain points in infrastructure development and delivery 28

29 Immediate Export Opportunities Export of U.S. Asian Carp to China is the immediate low hanging fruit for all domestic manufacturers China Import tariffs and VAT on U.S. Asian Carp creates unbalanced competition against China's longstanding domestic farm raised Asian Carp industry US Asian Carp recently excluded from China's January 2017, MFN Provisional Tariff Schedule for Imported Commodities 3-7% lower import tariffs for popular seafood products

30 Future Domestic Opportunities Great market interest from U.S. agricultural growers to purchase Organic single species fertilizers Early small batch tests of Asian Carp organic fertilizers with crop growers exhibited: faster vegetative growth darker more robust leaf structure and increased yields Our Universities can play a key research role in the further development of Asian Carp Organic fertilizers

31 Asian Carp Management and Control in the Mississippi River Basin Greg Conover MICRA Coordinator

32 32 Limiting Upstream Movement Deterrents Minimize movement from locations with high abundance (red) Additional locations upriver to contain reproducing population Locks and dams Opportunities to evaluate sound deterrents Modifications to dam gate operations

33 33 Control / Reduction Increased Harvest Immediate need: prevent dispersal Focus on transition zones where not established (yellow) Minimize opportunity for reproduction Minimize upstream dispersal from areas of high concentration Long-term: reduce population size and minimize impacts Not a sustainable fishery

34 34 Evaluating Success Monitoring Population assessment Model development Adaptive management Maximize efficiency Results: Increase Adult Mortality

35 35 MICRA Priorities Basinwide (national) management and control Upper Mississippi River Ohio River Missouri River Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive, integrated, and adaptive management strategies Multi-year planning Communication, coordination, and collaboration among regional partnerships

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